Improvement in snow-shovels



n. cAMPBELL. SNOWFSHOVEL.

Patented Aug.1,-1e7e.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE CAMPBELL, OF SOUTH WESTERLO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT |N sNow-sHovELs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180.543, dated August 1,1876 application tiled Y May 22, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EUGENE CAMPBELL, ot' South Vesterlo, Albany county, New York, have invented a new and Improved Snow- Shovcl, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a top View of my improved shovel; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the sanne, taken through line ar w, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate'correspending parts.

The invention will rst be described in connection with drawing, and then pointed out in the claim.

A is the shovel-plate, upon the rear edge of which is a ange, B. C is the handle, which is secured to the plate A. To the upper side of the forward partof the plate A is attached a face-plate, D, the forward edge of which projects a little beyond the edge of the plate A. To the forward part ot' the lower side of the plate A are attached two or more runners, E, of such a thickness as to keep the edge of the plate D from coming in contact with the surface upon which the shovel is being used. The

runners E and plate D are cast in one piece, and the forward ends ot' the runners E are beveled or rounded off, so that the edge of the plate D and the forward ends otl the runners E will act as a chisel to adapt the shovel to be used for cutting ice. To the sides of the 4 runners E', or in recesses in said runners, are

EUGENE CAMPBELL. Witnesses: g

CORNELL SMITH, GEO. D. WEIDMAN. 

